Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to be associated with those words.

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. I wish to home in on just two points. One is small flock keepers' awareness that they need to restrict their flocks. I know many families that might have four or five hens in the back garden. Is there a register of that information? Is there communication happening in order that such families are made aware that they should be restricting the movements of those small flocks?

The other issue relates to the time of the year. If one were to pick an inappropriate time of the year to have a breakdown like this, it would be this time of the year, with turkey units at full capacity. Is the Minister fearful about the turkey trade, given the stage of the cycle we are in, weeks away from processing these large numbers of turkeys running into Christmas? Some 3,800 turkeys were destroyed in the previous outbreak. I have no idea how many are involved in the current one. The Minister might inform the House if he has those details. Is he fearful about where we are in the timeline in respect of the turkey industry?